Big carnival fire
In Soraga, the ancient ritual of "burning carnival" is staged, marking the end of the craziest time of the year
Cheerfulness, jokes, dancing and lots of delicacies. In the Val di Fassa, the last day of "Carnascèr" is an explosion of celebration in the village squares. Here, carnival, for centuries, has represented the happiest time of the year, awaited with joy by the elderly, who could become children again amidst jokes and witty banter, also counting on the "cover" of the "faceres" wooden masks of exceptional workmanship now made by Fassa's most famous sculptors, and above all by the young people, who between February and March would get married. That taste for a joke and the pleasure of dressing up in the past can still be found today in the various events of the "Carnascèr Ladin", still considered in Val di Fassa as the most beautiful time of the year.
In Soraga, the ancient ritual of "burning the carnival" or rather the "strìa", a straw witch, is staged to exorcise evil and drive away winter while awaiting the rebirth of spring. Accomplicated by the darkness of the night, on the evening of Shrove Tuesday at 9 p.m., the Ladin Carnival ends in flames in the park in front of the church (Prà del Preve). To open the suggestive event (8.30 p.m.), a short comedy in Ladin language.
Event cancelled in case of bad weather.
